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Hi GillianM,
I Received my result saying I did not pass my Research and Analysis Project.
The feedback report shows all passed, except for Information Technology which is a fail, stating: “To fully demonstrate your IT skills your spreadsheet must incorporate some formulae to do calculations, e.g. of financial ratios. Look at page 74 of the information pack where you will see the pass/fail criteria used in evaluating information technology skills. Under FAIL it states “little evidence of use of appropriate formulae in spreadsheet”. You must use more extensive formulae, including formula that links cell references rather than just numbers”
I did my project on topic 17, Carillion as the Business and I did input data and made graph in the excel.
To make sure I understand what they are asking, my question is, do I need to make some ratio calculation in the same excel spreadsheet that I submitted to OBU? And do I need to include it in the graph that I made?
Thanks you Gillian, word count is a problem, and will have to be reduced in order to make a good conclusion. I’ve used the corporate governance code and stewardship code and compared it with those of Carillion, and also I mentioned the practices that was in noncompliance to the code. As for the origin of the issues, I did mention the deficiencies of the board and the case of a manager having to go through whistleblower procedure, and the responsibility of auditors in helping in the collapse by signing the financial report while the company was in financial constraint. I also mentioned how hedge funds and some major investors noticed signs of Carillion failure before the management.
As for the respond of the company, I used the Mendelow matrix, and focused on the effect of the collapse/liquidation has on them, and change in their position in the matrix quadrant brought on by the collapse.
In your opinion are my on the right track?
Hello Gillian,
I had a meeting with my mentor today, and he told me that I should have at least two or three business model, as I have used only Mendelow matrix. My question is, should I use more then one Business model or technique with topic 17? Is it a requirement? I’m doing my research on Carillion and i’v almost completed section 3 with only conclusion to be made.
